From the April 17, 1889 Gouverneur Free Press:

 

A young son of J. Allen, of Norwood, found a dynamite signal cartridge in one of the rooms of the boarders at his father's house. He undertook to open the cartridge with a hammer. It opened. It is thought his eyes can be saved.-Norwood News.

 

The Thursday, January 26, 1888 edition of the Ogdensburg Advance noted that "Mr. Norman Ashley is being operated upon for a cancer. This much respected gentleman has suffered much from this source in the past and it is hoped that the affliction is only temporary."

April 9th--Norman Ashley a prominent citizen of Norwood, died this forenoon. He was one of the first merchants in Norwood, but retired from business some years ago, and his sons Loren R. and Henry have very successfully continued the business. He was one of the solid men of the town.

From the October 17, 1890 edition of the Malone Franklin Gazette:

Harry Hudson, of Norwood, was killed by an exploding boiler at Oswego last week. He was a young man aged about 20 years, and had been in the employ of the R. W. & O. railroad as fireman. The accident was caused by the blowing out of the crown sheet of the locomotive on which he was employed and two others were seriously injured. He was brought to Norwood for burial.

From the July 25, 1894 Gouverneur Free Press:

A peculiar case of poisoning occurred in this village last week. The victims were A.W. Clark, proprietor of the market gardens, Claude Fletcher, Geo. Shepard, Perley Ware and Fred Clark who work for him. The hands and arms of the young men were terribly swollen and inflamed, while Mr. Clark's nose was the main feature of his case. Mr. Clark attributes the poison to parsnips, of which he has a half acre or more, and among which they all worked weeding, while the plants were wet with dew.-Norwood News.

 

(From the Friday, February 1, 1895 edition of the Malone Franklin Gazette, courtesy of the Northern New York Library Network @ news.nnyln,net).

Father James A. MacKenna died at the parochial residence, Norwood, Monday morning, Jan. 28th, aged 48 years. Rev. MacKenna came to Norwood last June, taking the place made vacant by Father Fitzgerald, having attended to the duties of a parish at Constableville for nearly ten years. He had not been entirely well since coming to Norwood, but attended to his duties to the last. About two weeks ago he took a severe cold, which resulted in pneumonia, but at no time did any one believe him to be seriously ill. His death was the result of a complication of diseases, principally of the heart.

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